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300.     1840 2d blue SG5 TG plate 1: full margined with a superb upright and complete GREENOCK cross, spec D1va, with a clear RPS Certificate. A rare stamp and catalogued at £1,800.  Price:  £890.00  IMAGE

236.      1840 2d blue plate 1 SG 4: a fine used 4-margined example with a TRIPLE strike of the Maltese cross and most unusual thus. £195.00 IMAGE

1019.  1841 1d red plate 21, ‘PE’: 3+ margined with a very fine and almost complete strike of the rare and distinctive Kilmarnock cross, SG spec B1tj. Seldom found with such a clear strike of this cross and catalogued at £1200. £390.00  IMAGE  

1020.  1841 1d red plate 48, ‘SA-TD’, block of 8: very fine/superb used block, Dublin ‘186’, touched or just in to at places but the central block of 4, ‘SB-TC’, is 4-margined with close to clear at NW corner of ‘SB’ to huge. The ‘T’ row all show a degree of double bottom as noted in QV Volume 1 page 121, SG spec BS27h. Rich shade of red brown and with a German, H Richter, Certificate of Authenticity. £195.00  IMAGE  

1021.  1842 1d red plate 21, 3-margined, on entire from Coventry to Lutterworth tied by the Coventry distinctive cross, SG spec BS10te, July 8 1842.  This example is 7 months earlier than the earliest date recorded by Alcock - 1996 PEGB Certificate.  Catalogued at £2200.  IMAGE1  IMAGE2  £570.00

1027.  1843 1d pink embossed envelope, December 27 1843, with very fine/superb strike of the characteristic DUBLIN cross – the scarcer type 2 variety.  SG spec B1tf and catalogued at £250 on a 1d red but much scarcer usage on embossed envelopes. £85.00  IMAGE  

1028.  1845 1d red plate 54, 4-margined, close to large, tied to piece by THREE Bristol date stamps only for August 8 1845?  Stamp has a red pen cancellation underneath the date stamps. SG spec B1va, catalogued at £500.  Very scarce and the first TRIPLE strike of a date stamp used in this way that we have seen. £135.00  IMAGE  SOLD

1029.  1846 1d red plate 69 very fine used example, JI, part Scottish numeral cancellation, INVERTED watermark.  Catalogued from £300 and a very scarce variety in such fine condition. £165.00  IMAGE  

106.    1d red-brown, SG 8, CE, fine almost 4-margd, canc'd blue-black MX, Cat £300  £56.00  IMAGE

303.     1845 1d red SG10 plate 57 OA-PD: superb used block of 8 in a rich shade close to or at deep red brown, cancelled ‘930’ of York . Each top row stamp shows some degree of basal shift but especially PA-PD. A rare and outstanding multiple from a scarcer plate, full margins all around and large part original gum.  Price:  £560.00 IMAGE SOLD

109.     1d red-brown, SG 8, possibly plate 71, a rare used Block of 12 (3 by 4), EH - GK, light 258 numeral cancels of Dover, touched in places and some creasing as to be expected but not obvious from front. Attractive item. £290.00 IMAGE

232.      1841 1d red imperf  plate 157 SG 8: remarkable fine used example with parts of SIX other stamps. £35.00 IMAGE

Numbers in Cross on Cover

43.      Number One: A fine/very fine almost upright strike tieing v fine 4-marg'd 1d plate 20 to a very clean, uncreased entire to Wakefield, d/st on rev June 13 1843. A scarce item with this combination of features. £165.00  IMAGE

44.      Number Two: good/fine strike tying very fine 4-margined 1d red plate 25 to very clean entire to Ludlow, London cds on reverse April 26 1843 .  £110.00 IMAGE

45.      Number Three: very fine strike tieing deeply coloured 1d red, good margins but just touched at NE corner, open NE top and10 o'clock ray flaw, to clean entire to Spalding, latter recvr in green on rev, April 4 1843, early use of this number in cross. Now cat £400+. £85.00

46.      1d red SG8, plate 32, 3-margined with number 4 in cross: almost complete, upright superb strike tying richly coloured example to wrapper from London to Edinburgh . Wrapper with central horizontal filing crease but on reverse is a Lombard St date stamp for 27 March 1843 - only 4 days after the official issue of this rarest number in cross cancel and as such is one of the earliest known dated covers. Price: £290.00   IMAGE

47.      Number Five: A fine almost upright strike tieing a superb richly coloured 4-marg'd 1d plate 24? to a very clean wrapper to Norwich, d/st on rev for 4 August 1843. Very attractive item. £175.00  IMAGE

48.      Number Six: Fine/V fine upright strike tieing large/v large 4-marg'd 1d red on v clean wrapper to Preston, Dec 13 1843. £225.00  IMAGE

50.      Number Seven: very fine near upright strike on very fine 4-marg'd 1d plate 42? tied to large part wrapper, 12 April 1844. £58.00

51.      Number Eight: Double strike tieing 3 1/2 marg'd 1d on very clean and uncreased mourning envelope addressed to The Lord Mayor of London from Lord Liverpool, (signed Liverpool bottom left front), d/st on rev for April 10 1843 - 9 days after official issue of this maltese cross cancel. £95.00  IMAGE

53.      Number Ten: superb 4-marg'd 1d red, pl 28, tied by fine/good strike, to large part wrapper, missing part rear flap, to Devonport, Sept 19 1843 dst on rev, horiz filing crease clear of adhesive. Scarce cross, £85.00  IMAGE

54.      Number Eleven: fine strike tieing a 1d red, almost 4-margins with clear profile, to wrapper to Leeds, addressee's name inked out, horiz filing crease well clear of adhesive, Leeds dbl/arc d/st on front, Aug 9 1843. Scarce cancel, £68.00  IMAGE

237.      1841 2d blue plate 3 SG 14: 4-margined strip of three, FC-FE, FD has a pressed vertical crease and scissor cut at NE corner just touching the design.  Wonderful appearance with superb colour and excellent Scottish maltese cross cancellations, spec SG14 un.   Catalogued at £450 as single stamps with an ordinary cross. £180.00 IMAGE SOLD

242.      1841 2d blue plate 3, SG14: Fine 4-margined example, RL, with a good to fair strike of the number 8 in cross. Catalogued £450.00  £95.00 IMAGE1  IMAGE2

246.      1841 2d blue plate 3 SG 14: 4-margined example, very close at NW corner, crease across left corner, tied to clean entire, Sep 22 1843, by fine/very fine number 8 in cross.   £295.00 IMAGE

260.    1841 2d blue plate 3 SG14: tied to entire by very fine GREENOCK cross, February 12 1844 Greenock date stamp on reverse.  Not 4-margined but a rare usage of this cross £400.00  IMAGE  

285.    1841 2d plate 3 SG 14: fine/very fine used ‘NH’ 4-margined with light black cross.  Guide line through value. Attractive example.  £45.00  IMAGE

244.       1841 2d blue plate 4 SG 14: very fine used large margined strip of 3, DA-DC, tied to small piece by light indistinct numeral cancellations.  Characteristic letters blind ‘A’ and broad ‘D’ of plate 4. £135.00 IMAGE SOLD

1023.  1841 2d blue plate 3, PD, deep full blue, SG15: very fine example cancelled by an almost complete and upright characteristic YORK cross, SG spec ES12ui, catalogued at £700.  Very scarce cross on this stamp and rarely found so complete. £385.00  IMAGE SOLD

1025.  1841 2d SG 14 pair and SG 15 single plate 4: envelope from Bristol to St Columb, Cornwall , November 30 1853. TF single is in a deep blue shade and shows the variety  ‘First Repair SG spec ES15m – only five such on this plate. The pair, PC-PD, in a blue shade with stamp PC showing the only double letter variety on this plate, SG spec ES14f.  Stamps TF and PC are 4-margined and the cancellations are clear of the varieties.  A remarkable and very likely unique combination of shades and varieties on cover.    £325.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2 SOLD

286.    1841 2d plate 4 SG 15: used pair in a deep blue shade and printed on thin paper. Margins very close to parts of other stamps at top and side.  £42.00  IMAGE

239.      1841 2d blue plate 4 SG15: very fine used strip of three, IA-IC, large to very large margins, cancelled contrary to regulations by two only 186 numerals of DUBLIN and rare as such.  Stamps printed on THIN paper, spec SG15q. Superb item. £265.00 IMAGE

263.    1855 1d SG22: Brighton s/ways duplex, July 6 1858 , envelope to London heavily illustrated by hand on reverse.  Unusual drawings and possibly in a coded series of messages and images.  Intriguing.  £85.00  IMAGE 

280.    1855 2d plate 4 SG 23: used pair, fine appearance. Some faults but INVERTED watermark.  Catalogued at £900 as singles.  Rare multiple.  £185.00  IMAGE

82.      1d star, defective, canc'd by both parts of the Pearson Hill 'Opera Glass' machine cancel, MR 26 1858 and one of the earliest known used examples of this cancel. £95.00 IMAGE

1037.  1856 1d, SG29, plate 28, LATE USE OF MALTESE CROSS: fine example but with a few trimmed perfs at top, cancelled by black cross.  Very scarce/rare usage and with PEGB Certificate of Authenticity.  £225.00 IMAGE SOLD

1038.  1856 1d, SG29, plate 44, LATE USE OF MALTESE CROSS: washed example with tear at base but cancelled by a BLUE cross and with a PEGB Certificate.  £185.00  IMAGE  

305.     1856 1d SG29: very fine example tied to clean envelope, some creasing, by a very fine Belfast English type a spoon, September 13 1856, code EgX, to Shrewsbury. Un-recorded usage for this month by Arundel.  Price:  £42.00  IMAGE

1036.  1855 2d blue plate 5, SG 34: fine/very fine used block of 4, ‘QG-RH’ with Dublin ‘186’ cancels.  Scarce and catalogued at £700.  £285.00  IMAGE  

118.   1d red SG 37/41 plate 42, wmk LC, perf 14, V fine mint Block of 4, one stamp unmounted, Cat £200+ £85.00

273.    1857 1d plate 60 SG38: very fine/superb used block of 4, small scrape on ‘BG’ but each stamp struck with a Buncrana (Donegal) in BLUE for Feb 13 1862 .  Rare.  £250.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

1039.  1857 1d red SG 40 plate 44, wmk LC perf 14, fine/very fine mint Block of 15, 5 by 3 (10 stamps un-mounted), rich deep shade and impressive appearance.  A mounted mint block of 4 catalogued at £250.  Scarce multiple. £385.00  IMAGE

1046.  1858 1d red SG40: clean envelope from Eastbourne to Tenderden, Kent, October 23 1858. Superb strike of the rare MISSENT to TUNBRIDGE on front, Pevensey village-type thimble name stamp on reverse and Tunbridge and Tenterden cds’s for October 24 and 25 respectively. This missent strike, County Catalogue KT255, is recorded in use to 1854 hence this example some 4 years later may be an isolated strike.  Superb item. £165.00  IMAGE  

307.     1858 1d SG40: tied to clean envelope to Leichlinbridge by superb Waterford Irish type spoon, August 3 1858 code C. Couple of short perfs.  Price: £45.00.  IMAGE

308.     1859 1d SG40: small mourning envelope to Swaffham, Norfolk , some scuffing at the top but with original letter. Fine example tied by a superb strike of the scarcer Rideout number 2 machine duplex, code CR, January 22 1859 – an early usage. Swaffham receiver for Sunday January 23 on reverse.  Very scarce cancellation so fine.   Price: £125.00. IMAGE

269.    1867 1d plate 84 SG43: very fine example on small entire to Pershore tied very fine/superb Worcester Spoon 6^th recut, September 11 1867 .  £52.00  IMAGE

64.      1d red, SG 43, pl 212, fine copy tied to very clean, un-creased wrapper, used locally in Guernsey, by very fine/superb Guernsey 324 duplex, 21mm type G17a. Addressed to Carteret Castel. Very attractive and scarce. £50.00  IMAGE

268.    1879 1d plate 222 SG43: separated strip of three, ‘OI-OK’, from a scarcer plate, on envelope to Malvern. Each tied by a superb Caledonian TPO Day-Up cds, May 27 1879 . Additional strike of this TPO cds away from the stamps.  Attractive and rare.  £195.00  IMAGE 

309.     1859 2d SG45 plate 9: superb used block of 4, NC-OD, very light cancellations, three with clear profiles and top pair with single numeral cancel.  Catalogued £325 with premium.  Price:  £135.00  IMAGE

57.      1/2d rose red, SG 48, plate one, on neat entire, Cleland Colliery Bill, Motherwell to Glasgow, Nov 26 1872. Very scarce plate on cover. £60.00  IMAGE

271.    1870 1/2d plate 9 and plate 8 SG48: clean neat envelope to Haverfordwest, plate 9 tied by ‘539’ duplex of Narberth, Wales and the plate 8 unusually by a single ‘539’.  The only example of which we are aware with this combination of plates. A rare item.  £670.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2 

1040. 1870 1/2d SG 48 plate 9: a fine/very fine used example from this rare plate with the plate number clearly visible on both sides.  Catalogued at £700. £185.00  IMAGE  

125.    11/2d lake red SG 52 pl 1, fine/v fine USED Block of 4 from this scarcer plate, two stamps have Herne Hill Dulwich CDS's for August 10 1872. Cat £500+ £225.00  IMAGE